If you haven’t heard, Confluent announced they’re buying Immerok. This purchase represents a significant shift in strategy for Confluent. I started a Twitter thread with some of my initial thoughts, but I want to write a post giving more analysis and opinions. In...
In the beginning, there was Google. Google looked over the expanse of the growing internet and realized they’d need scalable systems. They created MapReduce and GFS in 2004. They published the papers for them in the same year. Doug Cutting took those papers and...
My guest this week is Kulani Likotsi, the Head of Data Management and Data Governance at one of the four biggest banks in Africa. She’s had a rising career journey going from an analyst, to a Business Intelligence developer, to the data warehouse team, to the data...
My guest this week is Erick Webbe, Head of Data Science at bol.com. Bol.com is the biggest online retailer in northwestern Europe, serving about 12 million customers, as a general retailer similar to Amazon.com. Erick has a Master’s degree in Applied Physics. His...
I have a calendar reminder that tells me when I founded Big Data Institute. It just told me I founded the company eight years ago. The reminder is called “Independent Anniversary.” It’s the day I split off and executed my vision for an independent, big data consulting...
My guest this week is Brent Dykes, Founder and Chief Data Storyteller at Analytics Hero. Before he founded his own company, he was at Omniture, Adobe, and Domo. Analytics Hero is a consulting business based around data storytelling Data storytelling was a new concept...
